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Military service
Service number:
B/38023
Age:
31
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 29, 1912
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
July 2, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 2.
Additional information
Son of Frank and Ethel Holmes of Hanan, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Frank Holmes
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Gravemarker
Captain Craig Cameron took this photo of Rifleman Holmes' gravemarker during a visit to Normandy in June 1997. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Bruce MacFarlane -
Photo of Frank Holmes
In Memory of the men from Norfolk County who gave their lives in World War 11. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial Board
In Memory of the men from Norfolk County who gave their lives in World War 11. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Frank Holmes
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Frank Holmes
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Frank Holmes
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Frank Holmes
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Frank Holmes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 337 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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